| Literature DB >> 18758441 |
Luciano A Abriata1, Lucia Banci, Ivano Bertini, Simone Ciofi-Baffoni, Petros Gkazonis, Georgios A Spyroulias, Alejandro J Vila, Shenlin Wang.
Abstract
Copper is essential for proper functioning of cytochrome c oxidases, and therefore for cellular respiration in eukaryotes and many bacteria. Here we show that a new periplasmic protein (PCu(A)C) selectively inserts Cu(I) ions into subunit II of Thermus thermophilus ba(3) oxidase to generate a native Cu(A) site. The purported metallochaperone Sco1 is unable to deliver copper ions; instead, it works as a thiol-disulfide reductase to maintain the correct oxidation state of the Cu(A) cysteine ligands.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18758441 PMCID: PMC2596924 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.110
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Chem Biol ISSN: 1552-4450 Impact factor: 15.040